Ironing board



Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES JOHN P. roman, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNI IRONING BOARD.

Application filed December; 1.7, 1924. Serial No. 756,446..

This invention relates to folding ironing boards and the like, and it is the object of the invention to provide aboard which will be rigid when in operative position, and. which is positively held against displacement but may be readily swung upwardly to folded position. i

It is a further object of the invention to provide for lowering the pivoted end of the board in its casing when in folded position,

so that the casing may accommodate a relatively long board, and to positively lock said pivoted end against accidental lowering when the board is swung to operative position.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a pivotal connection between the board and a brace for the same, arranged to permit sliding movement ofv said connection longitudinally of the board without disconnecting the latter from said brace, in order that the board may be readily swung to either operative or folded position. f A

It is a still further object of the invention 2 to provide a folding sleeve board in conjunction with the folding ironing board, said boards being adapted to swing into a casing with the sleeve board inwardly olfset relative to the ironing board, so as toprovide suflicient space in the casing forthe latter.

' The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which: p

Fig. 1 is a front elevation showing the parts in folded position.

Fig. 2 is a similar vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing the parts in operative position.

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sections on the lines 4-4 and 55 of Fig. 3. I

The ironing board is illustrated as mounted in a casing 1, which seats in a recess in the wall 2 of a room, and is provided with a hinged door 3.

The ironing board which is shown at 4, is pivoted at its inner end by hinge 5, to a sup port 6 received against the back of casing 1, and a sleeve board 7 is pivoted at its inner end 5 by hinge 8, to the back of easing 1 above the ironing board, the support 6 spacing the pivotal connection for the ironing board outwardly relative to the pivotal connection for thesleeve board, so that'both boards may be swung upwardly and folded into casing 1. The boards may be releasably held in folded posltion, by a manually retracted spring catch 9 at the top of casing 1 and adapted to engage the end of theironing board.

The boards 4 and 7 are adapted to be swung downwardly to horizontal position and are held in such operative position by abutment of their inner ends against support 6 and the backof casing 1 respectively, and by suitable braces between the boards and the casing 1. a

The brace for the sleeve board preferably. comprises flexible connections, above the same, and shown as chains 10 fixed to; the sides of casing 1 above the inner end of the board and to the sidesof said board at a suitable distance from its inner end.

The brace for the ironing board is shown as a leg 11, hinged at itslower end to the bottom of casing 1 as illustrated at 12, and pivoted at its upperend to aslide 13 by means of the hinge 14. The slide 13 is mounted on the underside of board 4 for movement longitudinally thereof, by means of cooperating tongue and groove connections 15 between the sides of said slide and cooperating guides 16 on theironing board, so that the slide is held againstdisplacement from the ironing board while freely sliding relative thereto.

The ironing board is rigidly held in horizontal, operative position as shown in Fig.3, by securing its hinged connection 5 against movement relative to the Casing as hereinafter described, and by abutment of slide 13 against a transverse member '17 connecting the front ends of guides 16. i

The board may be readily swung'from operative position to folded position in casing l, by lifting the front end of the board so as to pivot the same upon hinge 5, the slide 13 95 at the same time shifting rearwardly between its guides. These guides are of such length that when the board is folded, the slide 13 will be still engaged thereby as shown in 1, in order to prevent disengagement of leg 100 11 from the ironing board, and thus provide for conveniently relowering the latter to its operative position.

In order that the ironing board may be of appreciable length and still permit of it being folded into casing 1 without unduly lengthening said. casing, the supportfi for pivotal connection 5 is preferably arranged so that the support is adapted for-vertical sliding movement in casing} and is adapted to be releasably held at the proper height for supporting the ironing board in horizontal position when ready'for use. When the board is to be folded, the holding means is released, so that support 6 may slide downwardly in casing 1 as the board is swung upwardly into the casing. I As an instance of. his arrangement vertical guides 19 are fixed'in thebackof' casing 1 and the support 6 is adapted for vertical sliding movement between said guides, the edges of said supportand said guides forming cooperating tongue and groove connections 20 adapted to prevent displacement of the support from the back of the casing. A transverse "member 21' connects the'upper ends of guides 19, and the support 6 is adapted to abut against the same for limiting its upward movement, the parts being arranged'so that the ironing board will lie in a horizontal plane when the supportis at said upper" limit of movement and the board is swung'downwardly'to operative position. i p

The means for releasably holding the support at its upper limit of movement, so as to form a rigid support for the ironing board, is illustrated as comprising a hook 22 on the support, and a cooperating eye 23 on one of the guides 19, adapted to be engagedby said hook, i I

'By this arrangement the. pivotal connection 5 for the ironing board is positively held against vertical displacementwhile the ironing board is in operative position, and the release of hook 22 permits lowering'o f said pivotal connection so that the board'may be swung to its folded position incasing' 1, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Asa result of the mounting of slide 13 in the guides 16the engagement of leg 11 with the board 1 for bracing the board in operative position may be at a point spaced a relatively great'distance along the board in advance of its pivotal mounting 5, while" still permitting the board being swung to inoperative position without its pivoted inner end extending below the hinge 12 when the support'6 is vertically slidable as shown in Figs. 1 to 4.. In other words, the leg 11 may be so arranged that with board 4 in operative position the distance between. pivots 5-14 may be greater than that between pivots l214, thereby bracing theboard an adequate distance in advance of its pivotal connection 5, and when the board is swung to inoperative position the distance between pivots 5-14 will be appreciably less than that between pivots 12-14 as a result of movement of slide 13 in the guides 16, thereby permitting folding of the board as shown in Fig. 2 without its inner end projecting below hinge 12 such as would otherwise necessitate an increase in the length of casing 1.

I cl im:

1. The combination of a casing, a supporting slide adapted for vertical sliding movement alon the casing to operative or inoperative position with said supporting slide held against displacement from the casing, means for securing the supporting slide in its operative position, a board hinged to the supporting slide, a second supporting slide adapted for sliding movement along the .underside of theboard with said second supporting slide abutting and held against disengagement from said board, an abutment on'said board limiting forward movement of said second supporting slide along the board, and a brace hinged to the casing and to said second supporting slide at its respective ends, said brace being shorter than the length of said board between the hinges of the supporting slides when said board is in operative position.

2. The combination of a casing, a supporting slide adapted for vertical sliding movement along the casing to operative or inoperative position, means for securing the supporting slide in its operative position, a board hinged to the supporting slide, a second supporting slide adapted for sliding movement along the underside of the board, means for limiting forward movement of said second supporting slide along the board, anda brace hinged to the casing and to saidsecond supporting slideat its respective ends, said brace being shorter than the length of said board between'the hinges of the supporting slides when said board is in operative position.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature to this specification.

JOHN P. DOMAN. 

